The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates court for the offences of (i) being drunk and disorderly (ii) being drunk on a highway, public place or on licensed premises and (iii) being drunk in or when entering a designated sports event can be found in the following tables. Data have been broken down by police force area in England and Wales from 1997 to 2006.
The arrests collection held by the Ministry of Justice covers persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only. Details of the circumstances of an arrest are not collected centrally. Summary offences of ‘being drunk and disorderly' are non-notifiable and as a result are not covered by the collection.
Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for selected alcohol related offences, broken down by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 20061, 2Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour3Force1997199819992000200120022003200420052006Avon and Somerset361374383363399408427371226187Bedfordshire1663142201861871972191368480Cambridgeshire122144159148151154189167169132Cheshire58671465259056364865250584111City of London26315443445370535161Cleveland77470770868462163071563120595Cumbria808812802521558514525471328322Derbyshire294286231254292357425342211228Devon and Cornwall888771709704817895672477365480Dorset2723903434064695515201669887Durham406504491538563541603406378286Essex515490553584513409194204183255Gloucestershire1472001531581641802011396244Greater Manchester1,4151,3071,2061,2151,0671,005965505260183Hampshire1,2701,3931,3061,1331,0721,117977590455251Hertfordshire29633738838140650844936525579Humberside250225255234247213213127163138Kent5607208659009119281,1071,118532436Lancashire1,6181,6731,8272,1652,3662,2102,180908615560Leicestershire27273724262619181216Lincolnshire4786245844585065285564847060Merseyside2,9672,9402,1511,9791,9262,1182,0391,348692765Metropolitan Police1,4491,5501,4401,2191,4942,4642,4661,1829081,104Norfolk108114115131146151183945851North Yorkshire342382411459482452512195202212Northamptonshire26242129332925324131Northumbria3,1223,5673,5483,8593,5163,5873,9443,9394,5324,352Nottinghamshire563570526482529507501261224262South Yorkshire1,1869681,1481,2641,2481,2711,4971,204551544Staffordshire3203052474—215251343223209160Suffolk269212213228267333357337217201Surrey208208280412473477439289247121Sussex522512398512631733801474266371Thames Valley1,0861,3051,1619799979791,090895282232Warwickshire3096662862281951251621112735West Mercia-654574561488543-455413483516437West Midlands1,102846522472437463307531373797West Yorkshire2,6552,7643,0972,8092,1012,0712,2607146871,384Wiltshire370426267275262284426290147105Dyfed-Powys200198153145162173223214162122Gwent748532420360308273207263238209North Wales8241,006949799839669545436220222South Wales1,5821,5831,2121,162998802725903737335England and Wales31,89133.29531,05229,98029,74430,73931,34322,60116,34216,143 1 These data are on the principal offence basis.2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.3 Includes Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.4 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Avon and Somerset 62 65 94 83 74 86 85 93 97 81 Bedfordshire 54 153 96 52 31 20 48 28 31 17 Cambridgeshire 37 31 39 46 51 51 71 48 55 59 Cheshire 73 63 50 36 18 24 26 13 3 19 City of London 5 1 1 7 1 — — 2 — 1 Cleveland 4 13 — 2 3 2 3 4 3 5 Cumbria 43 42 25 14 18 16 9 24 21 19 Derbyshire 38 43 47 64 60 53 40 11 6 8 Devon and Cornwall 284 300 332 249 216 228 185 106 77 81 Dorset 13 15 18 29 12 13 15 11 4 — Durham 24 39 38 22 45 22 7 8 16 14 Essex 230 209 173 137 117 53 12 15 5 10 Gloucestershire 53 90 57 34 35 34 20 14 14 17 Greater Manchester 7 15 12 6 9 4 11 6 7 3 Hampshire 355 488 350 240 166 131 77 58 55 22 Hertfordshire 21 47 66 43 32 21 18 19 14 1 Humberside 12 13 14 6 5 6 5 2 1 — Kent 157 148 148 148 144 154 154 123 58 47 Lancashire 216 222 191 249 186 181 71 37 45 16 Leicestershire — 1 6 5 — 3 1 1 1 1 Lincolnshire 36 51 27 26 15 16 10 9 3 4 Merseyside 50 56 40 36 41 33 19 13 8 8 Metropolitan Police 263 289 251 172 316 191 150 119 128 100 Norfolk 66 66 68 68 58 58 72 40 27 14 North Yorkshire 82 95 87 136 138 146 120 59 37 32 Northamptonshire 7 6 6 7 1 9 3 5 3 4 Northumbria 25 34 48 32 22 21 16 34 36 47 Nottinghamshire 2 12 7 6 11 9 12 — 4 3 South Yorkshire 19 17 22 33 14 9 6 13 5 2 Staffordshire 82 71 41 2— 17 17 37 41 43 39 Suffolk 108 81 97 72 53 61 57 66 27 29 Surrey 92 97 108 121 122 83 88 93 89 75 Sussex 226 226 130 81 130 102 88 44 56 82 Thames Valley 215 247 207 173 145 123 128 98 51 51 Warwickshire 8 99 17 9 7 7 6 2 1 — West Mercia 99 65 78 20 23 10 6 10 10 10 West Midlands 61 53 31 21 12 9 26 22 46 52 West Yorkshire 53 107 73 71 29 37 92 76 35 44 Wiltshire 68 73 66 52 60 53 50 66 80 72 Dyfed-Powys 93 153 134 138 77 72 78 63 37 66 Gwent 21 25 21 25 38 50 25 11 7 2 North Wales 17 18 15 8 4 9 9 1 3 7 South Wales 114 243 251 252 229 206 218 207 213 76 England and Wales 3,495 4,182 3,582 3,031 2,785 2,433 2,174 1,715 1,462 1,240 1 Includes all under S12 of the Licensing Act 1872. (a) Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. (b) Being drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage horse, cattle or steam engine. (c) Being drunk when in possession of any loaded fire arms. 2 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Avon and Somerset 6 23 6 5 3 3 9 10 3 2 Bedfordshire 15 5 11 9 4 2 2 3 4 4 Cambridgeshire 9 6 5 5 8 4 2 4 2 — Cheshire 4 3 2 3 1 2 5 4 — 1 Cleveland 9 7 26 4 15 26 14 13 20 23 City of London — — — — — — — — — — Cumbria 4 1 — — — 2 1 1 — 1 Derbyshire 2 5 — 5 3 11 4 15 8 2 Devon and Cornwall 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 — 6 Dorset 6 13 3 11 12 8 3 1 3 — Durham — — 1 1 3 — — 2 5 — Essex 1 — — 1 — — — 4 3 8 Gloucestershire — — 3 7 6 7 1 — — — Greater Manchester 9 28 9 13 7 13 11 14 28 32 Hampshire 41 15 8 16 16 9 19 22 14 11 Hertfordshire — 1 1 .— 2 1 — 2 1 3 Humberside — — 5 3 5 1 2 1 3 3 Kent 2 1 10 3 3 — — 1 — 3 Lancashire 61 33 24 26 26 23 16 11 22 43 Leicestershire — 2 2 3 — — 4 2 4 3 Lincolnshire — 1 — — — 2 1 2 1 — Merseyside 3 9 —13 10 9 8 7 7 7 2 Metropolitan Police 198 191 115 73 37 61 72 59 17 30 Norfolk 12 14 7 1 11 10 7 8 21 4 North Yorkshire 6 2 3 15 13 4 3 1 2 — Northamptonshire — — 1 — — — 1 1 — — Northumbria 102 43 26 20 44 42 44 16 21 24 Nottinghamshire 40 34 42 19 26 20 13 28 13 17 South Yorkshire 48 20 27 23 41 31 17 30 26 40 Staffordshire 3 1 — 2— — 5 2 5 6 2 Suffolk 5 5 3 2 7 5 6 29 4 11 Surrey — — — — — — — — — — Sussex 1 — 1 3 — — — — 1 — Thames Valley 15 21 6 3 9 3 2 4 5 2 West Mercia 2 — 1 2 1 — 1 1 — — West Midlands 59 52 25 15 55 85 72 84 103 199 West Yorkshire 32 33 30 53 68 47 25 34 49 46 Wiltshire 12 22 2 18 11 1 1 5 6 3 Dyfed Powys — — — — — — — — — — Gwent — — — — — — — — — — North Wales 2 3 7 5 — 2 4 1 — — South Wales 2 6 3 2 5 — 3 3 7 3 England and Wales 713 601 430 381 452 439 376 432 409 528 1 Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 S 2(2) 2 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level.